Benjamin Walcott
Software Engineer at Nava
Oregon, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolBenjamin Walcott is a software engineer with a decade of experience spanning research-grade biology software to full-stack web applications. While earning a PhD in biology, he independently learned Fortran and Python to develop protein-modeling simulations, gaining strong scientific computing instincts. He then brought those skills to Epic, delivering patient scheduling software for MyChart with a focus on performance, accessibility, and safe, socially-distanced check-in flows. Now at Nava, he continues to build reliable, scalable software that meets real-world healthcare and data-driven needs. Based in Wisconsin, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on engineering to turn complex requirements into practical, user-friendly solutions. His background in biochemistry, biophysics, and bioinformatics gives him a unique perspective on data integrity and domain modeling.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
French
Github Skills (5)
rosetta10
wxpython9
modeling9
bioinformatics9
python7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
schenc3/InteractiveROSETTA
Nov 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 258 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 6 months
pythongraphical-interfaceprotein-modelingsuitesrosetta
walcob/dessertIsland
May 2024 - Mar 2025
An iOS app for viewing dessert recipes
Contributions:11 PRs, 39 pushes, 7 branches in 9 months
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